Royal Gramma Habits

[NewFisher18]

I have had a royal gramma for a few days now and was just wondering about its habits. I know they are shy fish and tend to hide in caves/crevices a lot. Mine tends to explore a lot when I turn of the pumps after feeding and does not seem skiddish. Is the pump spooking him out? It is angled to the top of the water so I don’t think the flow is too high. Would love for it to swim more freely around the tank like how it does after feeding with the pumps off.Just wondering, I know some fish are weird.

 

[56longroof]

It is probably relating the no flow to food. That's why you are seeing it more active at that time. Mine is a fairly active fish but it does spend alot of time in his area. I have several wrasse that don't really care if it's his space or not. They get the gramma out and about quite often.

 

[edsbeaker]

I have had a royal gramma for a few days now and was just wondering about its habits. I know they are shy fish and tend to hide in caves/crevices a lot. Mine tends to explore a lot when I turn of the pumps after feeding and does not seem skiddish. Is the pump spooking him out? It is angled to the top of the water so I don’t think the flow is too high. Would love for it to swim more freely around the tank like how it does after feeding with the pumps off.Just wondering, I know some fish are weird.

How much flow are we talking about? Do you have other fish that are OK with the flow? If all the other fish are swimming around without issue I think you just need to give it some time. It may need to build a little more confidence in its new environment.

 

[RabidDragon]

I've had mine for ~4 years, it behaves the same way.

 

[NewFisher18]

How much flow are we talking about? Do you have other fish that are OK with the flow? If all the other fish are swimming around without issue I think you just need to give it some time. It may need to build a little more confidence in its new environment.

Have clownfish. Seem to swim fine and freely with no issues. Don’t think it’s flow. Probably just the gramma being shy

 

[edsbeaker]

Have clownfish. Seem to swim fine and freely with no issues. Don’t think it’s flow. Probably just the gramma being shy

I agree!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I think they are just curious. If something is normal and then suddenly stops, I think it’s natural to explore why. Lots of fishes show this same behaviour not just your RG. Curiosity IMO

 

[Indiana Reefin]

I have one and it would stay in the rocks unless the pumps were off for about the first week, but now it’s out all of the time staring at me lol. I have it in my office tank and it is constantly following me around. One of my favorite fish of all time.

 

[NewFisher18]

I have one and it would stay in the rocks unless the pumps were off for about the first week, but now it’s out all of the time staring at me lol. I have it in my office tank and it is constantly following me around. One of my favorite fish of all time.

It’s such a Awsome fish when it comes out. The purple and yellow it has makes it beautiful.

 

[Indiana Reefin]

Here is a picture of mine View attachment 4127533

 

[snorklr]

had a piece of rock that formed an arch...the gramma always hung out under that arch and would only come out when fed...it also attacked anything that ventured into that space, especially the fire shrimp that wanted to hide there too...at night it had another piece of rock that it would hide inside of...that rock had a couple of holes in it and I stuck the base of a frag plug into one of them...kept finding the frag on the gravel in the morning and couldn't figure out how it fell out till I finally saw the gramma shove it out of the hole...so paranoid and territorial, peaceful as long as you stay out of their home turf

 

[NewFisher18]

Good to know